Modeling and simulation of rapid expansion of supercritical solutions



Document title: Modeling and simulation of rapid expansion of supercritical solutions
Journal: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000309048
ISSN: 0104-6632
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missoes, Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias, Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Maringa, Parana. Brasil
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 23
Number: 3
Pages: 417-425
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract Rapid expansion of supercritical solution (RESS) is a promising technique for microparticle production. The literature points out that the RESS technique can be applied to process a wide range of materials including ceramics, polymers, biopolymers, pharmaceutics, and organic compounds. In order to achieve an adequate understanding of the RESS process, it is necessary to conduct more comprehensive studies involving the hydrodynamic modeling of the fluid flow through the capillary, the phase behavior of a expanding mixture, and also with regard to the microparticle formation mechanism. In this context, this work is focused on the analysis of process hydrodynamic modeling and on phase equilibrium modeling (thermodynamic modeling of supersaturation), with a phase stability test coupled. The Gibbs tangent plane distance for the phase stability test was minimized using the simulated annealing algorithm. The results showed that the thermodynamic variables exert a remarkable effect simulated variables (temperature, velocity, density and degree of supersaturation) for the profile
Disciplines: Química
Keyword: Ingeniería química,
Micropartículas,
Sobresaturacion,
Análisis de estabilidad,
Soluciones supercríticas,
Método de expansión rápida
Keyword: Chemistry,
Chemical engineering,
Microparticles,
Supersaturation,
Stability analysis,
Supercritical solutions,
Rapid expansion method
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